Google-owned Motorola has joined Samsung and Nokia in releasing an advert mocking Apple, this time over the iPhone 5 manufacturer’s much-criticised maps app.

Apple Maps shows two sets of the disputed islands in the east China sea, known a Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Google Maps was dropped from iOS 6 in favour of Apple Maps, but the new service has been slated since the launch of the iPhone 5 and older iPhone users updated to the latest operating system,

Images are often distorted and well known landmarks are missing, while blank spaces where towns should be and airports that should not exist have all been noted on Apple Maps.

Apple Maps has been heavily criticised since iOS6 was released (Picture: AP)

Users have reported map features being heavily distorted (Picture: AP)

In an advert that first appeared on Google +, Motorola compares Google Maps on its Droid Razr M side-by-side with Apple Maps on the iPhone 5.

‘Looking for 315 E 15th in Manhattan? Google Maps on Droid Razr M will get you there and not #iLost in Brooklyn,’ accompanying text states.

Motorola’s anti-Apple ad went online after the release of iOS 6 (Picture: Motorola)

Apple has defended its new maps app on iOS 6, saying the company was ‘just getting started with it’.

‘Maps is a cloud-based solution and the more people use it, the better it will get. We appreciate all of the customer feedback and are working hard to make the customer experience even better,’ Apple spokeswoman Trudy Miller said.

Apple’s technology nemesis Samsung has a track record of mocking Apple in its adverts, most recently ridiculing people who join long queues for the latest iPhone.